Carrier for box-filling machines.



A. B. GALKINS. CARRIER FOR BOX FILLING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1907.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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lNvENToR BY ATTORNEY@ WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATIENT FIPIQE.

ALMON B. GALKINS, Ol" BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

CARRIER FOR BOX-FILLING MACHINES.

T o all whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, ALMON B.' CALxiNs, a citizen or the United States ol` America, and a resident ci Belleville, county ol Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usel'ul Improvements in Carriers l'or Box-Filling Machines, ol" which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to carriers for box iilling machines such as are commonly employed i'or the purpose oi' receiving matches from match making machinery and packing them in suitable boxes or trays.

The present carrier is designed to receive and support one or more trays or boxes during the time they are being iilled with matches, and is provided with a plurality ci' blades arranged to enter the said trays or boxes and to be laterally vibrated therein, whereby to produce parallelism or' the matches and to cause the matches to settle down toa closely packed condition. The box carrier is designed to be given a lateral Vibration as a whole, but the blades are so supported as to receive vibrato ry movements largely in excess ci' the movements ol' vibration imparted to the box carrier, and such movements of vibration are designed to be the greatest at the upper end and the small* est toward the lower end, whereby the movements of the blades will have a progressively greater effect as the level o'll the matches rises in a box. Further, the blades are supported in such a way as to have a maximum ol' flexibility whereby when the filled box or tray is removed from the carrier the matches therein will be but little disturbed by their withdrawal from engagement with the said blades. I

In order that my invention may be l'ully understood, I will now describe an embodiment thereof, having rei'erence to the accompanyingr drawings illustrating the same, and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in central vertical section through a box carrier embodying my invention and showing in partial side elevation, and partial section such portion of a box filling machine as is necessary for a complete understanding oll my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are views in transverse vertical section through a box Specification oi Letters Patent.

Application filed August 8, 1907.

Patented March 80, 1909.

Serial No. 387,603.

carrier upon substantially the lines 2*-2 and 3-"3 nesprfctivcly ol' Fig. 1. L1 is a diagrammatic view showing particularly the main path oll vibration ol a blade.

T he box carrier as a whole is designated by the carrier 5, said box carrier being shown as supported upon a runway 6 between positioning members 7-7. 'lhe positioning members 7 7 are mounted upon a rod S to which vibratory movements are given by means oil a cam 9 and a spring 10.

The box carrier comprises end walls 11, a central wall 12, bottom sidel strips 13-13, top side strips 11i-14, interior side walls 1li-15, and exterior side walls 16-16. The size and shape ol'I the device is such as to just receive a tray or box 17 in the space inclosed between the side walls, one end wall, and the central partition, so that in the present instance the box carrier is designed to carry tvo trays or boxes, but, it will, oi' course, be understood that the carrier may be readily designed to carry more or less than two such trays or boxes.

The before mentioned blades which arel herein designated by the reference character 18 are so arranged as to enter the boxes or trays 17 when they are mounted in the carrier, there being preferably several of such blades for each box or tray carried by the device. The blades are provided with spring tongues 19, which are secured to the bottom side strips 13, the inner side walls 15 being provided with slots 20 which are of somewhat greater length, and several times wider, than the said tongues, whereby the tongues will be received therein free and clear of contact with the walls oi the slots, both when thc tongues and blades are at rest, and when they are vibrating as will presently appear. It will also be noted as the inner faces of the spring tongues 19 are set back from the inner faces of the side walls 15, they will in no way interfere with the reception of the boxes or trays within the carrier. In Fig. 1, one such tray is shown in the left hand section of the box carrier, and a portion of another tray is shown in the right hand section. In Fig. 2 such a tray is shown in broken dot and dash line, while in Fig. 3 no tray is shown at all.

In operation one or more trays, according to the size of the carrier, are inserted in the carrier from beneath, and the carrier is then set in place in the machine. Vibratory movements are imparted to the carrier as the Yblades will hence vibrate rapidly, somewhat splints are being deposited therein, and the blades 18 being secured to the carrier, vibratory movements will also be impartedthereto, but the movements of vibration of the said blades will be largely in excess of the movements of the box carrier as a whole, because the upper ends thereof are free and the in the manner of reeds, the upper portions thereof vibrating through the greatest arc and the extent of the vibration growing gradually less down toward a point near the bottom of the blades, as is shown in Fig. 4. The effect of this will be to even up the splints and to pack them down firmly in their boxes in the most improved manner.

Vifhen the boxes or trays are iilled and it is required to remove them, such removal will take place with a minimum of disturb ance of the splints therein, because of the great flexibility of the connection between the blades and the portions of the carrier supporting them. Vv hile the blades will normally vibrate through the path shown in the diagrammatic Fig. 4L, still, where any lateral pressure is applied to the blades, they may swing over from right to left as a whole or the lower ends may even swing in excess of the upper ends, because the blades as a whole mayswing with the narrow neck, which connects the tongues to the blade, as a pivot. Thus, if the blades become slightly bent, as often happens, the iilled boxes may be removed without materially disturbing the matches therein, because necessary amount rather than the splints to be disturbed.

i l i it will be easier for the blades to give the l l iii/*hat I claim is: K

l. A carrier for receiving open topped boxes or trays, provided with blades adapted to be received Within the boxes or trays, said blades having spring tongues secured to the box carrier near the base thereof, whereby the upper ends of the blades will be free to vibrate.

2. A carrier for receiving open topped boxes or trays, provided with blades adapted to be received within the boxes or trays, said blades having spring tongues projecting therefrom near the upper end thereof, and connected to the said carrier, the side walls of the box carrier being arranged to clear the spring tongues, substantially as specified.

3. A box carrier comprising end andside walls and bottom side strips to which the side walls are secured, said carrier provided with blades adapted to be received Within the boxes or trays when mounted in the carrier and having spring tongues secured at their upper ends to the blades near the upper ends thereof and at their lower ends to the said bottom side strips, substantially as speciiied.

4. A carrier for receiving open topped boxes or trays, provided with blades adapted to be received Within the boxes or trays, and

flexible members secured at their lower ends l to the base of the box carrier and at their upper ends to the upper portions of the blades, whereby the said blades Will be free to move laterally throughout their entire extent.

ALMON B. CALKINS. lvliitnesses z D. HOWARD HAYWooD, LYMAN S. ANDREWS, Jr. 

